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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

The Next Web

So, for example, if you’re reading your favorite newspaper and see an interesting article you’d like to share with someone – or across a social network – you just need to scan the paper with the app and it will launch the digital version for sharing. In finding that solution, his team created iHelp – a community driven emergency network.

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Edge computing startup Macrometa gets $20M Series A led by Pelion Venture Partners

TechCrunch

Macrometa , the edge computing cloud and global data network for app developers, announced today it has raised a $20 million Series A. The network allows developers to run apps concurrently across its 175 points of presence (PoPs), or edge regions, around the world, depending on which one is closest to an end user.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eight teams hail from all over the world – including entrants from Montreal, Toronto, Portugal and Bulgaria – and have spent the last three months tirelessly working away on their hardware-based startup ideas for the Internet of Things in preparation for today.

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Modsy quietly shut down while some customers were still awaiting refunds

TechCrunch

The move came two years after Modsy made a series of aggressive cuts, slashing designer pay and reducing both salaried employees and its network of designers. At the time, Tellerman told Business of Home that it was a part of an effort to make the company “leaner.”

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4 Churches to Follow on Instagram

Tech Soup

NewSpring Church Network. With multiple locations in Australia, Bulgaria, and the United States, the Citipointe Church Instagram account is a fun mix of community event dashboard and campaign announcements across time zones. Citipointe Church. Hillsong Church. Bridgeway Christian Church.

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TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey: What We Found Out and What to Do About It Part Two

Tech Soup

We hoped to reduce confusion by defining the term near the start of the survey: Cloud computing allows you to access software via the Internet instead of from your computer hard drive or your local computer network. When you use cloud-based software, it is available anywhere you can use the Internet — not just in your office.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If Here's a cool set of infographics depicting IT network growth. If you knew all eight, go buy yourself a cookie!). Technology uptake has flourished in Turkey in the past 20 years.

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